These are the 10 most (and least) popular politicians in Quebec, according a new poll

Quebec Premier Francois Legault

Montreal — It's often said that politics is a popularity contest, and a new poll is providing some insight into who Quebecers feel are winning that particular contest - and who are proving to be more polarizing than popular.

A Leger poll commissioned by Le Devoir asked Quebecers if they held a positive or negative view of 65 Quebec politicians.

According to Leger, these are the 10 politicians who elicited the most positive response in Quebec:

And these are the 10 who respondents regarded most negatively:

Leger than used the difference between a politician's positive and negative ratings to create what it called an "appreciation score."

According to that appreciation score, these are 10 most highly regarded politicians in Quebec:

Leger says the poll of 1010 Quebecers was conducted Dec. 13 to Dec. 16 and has a margin of error of 3.1 per cent 19 times out of 20.